Elon Musk, an unelected US official leading budget cuts, claims funding to contain Uganda’s Ebola outbreak “accidentally” ended temporarily. Ugandan officials say the US still offers support, but health workers argue that US help is gone.
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The sudden halt of USAID funding threatens the country’s fragile TB and HIV response, putting thousands of patients at risk.
Technology is often blamed for our growing lack of focus. But our modern lifestyles — stress, a work system based on competitiveness and even our diet — also impair our ability to pay attention. Is this cause for concern or a natural consequence of our evolution? And what, if anything, can be done about it?
Essential? That’s what Italy has labeled healthcare workers, but, like many of their peers around the world, they are receiving subordinate treatment, low wages and no protection from state or employers.